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Marines from II Marine Expeditionary Force fill the combat operations center during a field exercise aboard Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, N.C. The MCSC COC team won team 2013 Secretary of Defense Performance-Based Logistics System Level Award by keeping sustainment costs low and availability high using a performance-based logistics, the Department of Defense's preferred product support strategy. - Marines from II Marine Expeditionary Force fill the combat operations center during a field exercise aboard Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, N.C. The MCSC COC team won team 2013 Secretary of Defense Performance-Based Logistics System Level Award by keeping sustainment costs low and availability high using a performance-based logistics, the Department of Defense's preferred product support strategy.

Lance Cpl. Micah Hutson, a rifleman with 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, aims an M203 40 mm grenade launcher with a recently developed sight as part of new equipment testing at Kaneohe Bay range training facility Nov. 19. Marine Corps Systems Command coordinated the training and is fielding the new sight. - Lance Cpl. Micah Hutson, a rifleman with 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, aims an M203 40 mm grenade launcher with a recently developed sight as part of new equipment testing at Kaneohe Bay range training facility Nov. 19. Marine Corps Systems Command coordinated the training and is fielding the new sight.

Owen McNamara (second from left) took this photo at age 18, the day before he and his team went into Fallujah, Iraq. McNamara enlisted in the Marine Corps three days after his 17th birthday, and had deployed twice and received a Purple Heart by age 21. Now a civilian, McNamara works for Marine Corps Systems Command as an administrative officer. - Owen McNamara (second from left) took this photo at age 18, the day before he and his team went into Fallujah, Iraq. McNamara enlisted in the Marine Corps three days after his 17th birthday, and had deployed twice and received a Purple Heart by age 21. Now a civilian, McNamara works for Marine Corps Systems Command as an administrative officer.

Cpl. Kyle Denny with 3rd Light Armor Reconnaissance, 1st Marine Division, from Twentynine Palms, Calif., does a system check on a Joint Battle Command-Platform Nov. 11 during Network Integration Evaluation 14.1 at McGregor Range, N.M. Marine Corps Systems Command’s JBC-P Family of Systems program arranged for 40 Marines to test the new communications equipment. - Cpl. Kyle Denny with 3rd Light Armor Reconnaissance, 1st Marine Division, from Twentynine Palms, Calif., does a system check on a Joint Battle Command-Platform Nov. 11 during Network Integration Evaluation 14.1 at McGregor Range, N.M. Marine Corps Systems Command’s JBC-P Family of Systems program arranged for 40 Marines to test the new communications equipment.

Col. Michael Manning, Marine Corps Systems Command's program manager for Infantry Weapons Systems, congratulates Salvatore Fanelli on winning the Donald Roebling Award, which honors an acquisition civilian. He worked on the acquisition, fielding and support of Mk318 Mod 0 and M855A1 ammunition to the warfighter. - Col. Michael Manning, Marine Corps Systems Command's program manager for Infantry Weapons Systems, congratulates Salvatore Fanelli on winning the Donald Roebling Award, which honors an acquisition civilian. He worked on the acquisition, fielding and support of Mk318 Mod 0 and M855A1 ammunition to the warfighter.

John Patterson, a wounded warrior and medically retired Marine, was injured when a bomb went off as he entered a building during a combat patrol Jan. 23, 2011. The blast severed his left leg below the knee. Patterson, a native of Columbia, Md., now works as an intern at Program Executive Officer Land Systems through the Wounded Warrior Intern Program, part of the Naval Acquisition Development Program. - John Patterson, a wounded warrior and medically retired Marine, was injured when a bomb went off as he entered a building during a combat patrol Jan. 23, 2011. The blast severed his left leg below the knee. Patterson, a native of Columbia, Md., now works as an intern at Program Executive Officer Land Systems through the Wounded Warrior Intern Program, part of the Naval Acquisition Development Program.

Gunnery Sgt. Raymond Jentz (right) accepts the Eugene M. Stoner Award from Brig. Gen. Frank Kelley, commander of Marine Corps Systems Command, Nov. 4 on Hospital Point at Marine Corps Base Quantico, Va. Jentz is a project officer for the Radio Reconnaissance Equipment Program in MCSC’s Marine Intelligence. The Stoner Award is presented to a Marine Corps staff noncommissioned officer for superior professional excellence and innovation in pursuit of the acquisition, fielding and support of systems and equipment to the operating forces. - Gunnery Sgt. Raymond Jentz (right) accepts the Eugene M. Stoner Award from Brig. Gen. Frank Kelley, commander of Marine Corps Systems Command, Nov. 4 on Hospital Point at Marine Corps Base Quantico, Va. Jentz is a project officer for the Radio Reconnaissance Equipment Program in MCSC’s Marine Intelligence. The Stoner Award is presented to a Marine Corps staff noncommissioned officer for superior professional excellence and innovation in pursuit of the acquisition, fielding and support of systems and equipment to the operating forces.

The 2013 Acquisition Excellence Awards were announced Nov. 4 at Marine Corps Base Quantico, Va. The awards reflect accomplishments of individuals and teams within Marine Corps Systems Command and Program Executive Officer Land Systems. - The 2013 Acquisition Excellence Awards were announced Nov. 4 at Marine Corps Base Quantico, Va. The awards reflect accomplishments of individuals and teams within Marine Corps Systems Command and Program Executive Officer Land Systems.

Jim Smerchansky, deputy commander for Systems Engineering Interoperability, Architecture and Technology and chief engineer at Marine Corps Systems Command, discusses Engineering in the Face of Uncertainty at an Oct. 29 systems engineering panel in Arlington, Va. The panel also included representatives from the Department of Defense; Army; Air Force; Homeland Security; National Aeronautics and Space Administration; and National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. - Jim Smerchansky, deputy commander for Systems Engineering Interoperability, Architecture and Technology and chief engineer at Marine Corps Systems Command, discusses Engineering in the Face of Uncertainty at an Oct. 29 systems engineering panel in Arlington, Va. The panel also included representatives from the Department of Defense; Army; Air Force; Homeland Security; National Aeronautics and Space Administration; and National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.

Dave McCarthy, an engineer developmental program employee at Marine Corps Systems Command, views a drawing on a 3-D solid modeling, computer-aided drawing and simulation basic simulations only software package. McCarthy came to work for MCSC through the Naval Acquisition Development program. - Dave McCarthy, an engineer developmental program employee at Marine Corps Systems Command, views a drawing on a 3-D solid modeling, computer-aided drawing and simulation basic simulations only software package. McCarthy came to work for MCSC through the Naval Acquisition Development program.